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All student-athletes at Missouri Western have been affected in different ways by the COVID-19 pandemic, but sophomore Kobe Cummings has probably been affected the most.
The Platte County High School graduate is a member of the Griffon football and baseball teams, so normally he'd be in the middle of playing both sports right now. But with the pandemic shutting everything down, Cummings doesn't have springs football practice and his baseball season was cut short.
Cummings finished up his sophomore season for MWSU football in the fall as he helped the Griffons to a 9-3 record and another bowl victory. He's been starting at safety since the third game of the his true freshman year and Cummings was third on the team in tackles last season despite missing two games due to injury. He finished with 64 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, one interception and five pass break-ups.
On the baseball diamond, Cummings was in the middle of his redshirt freshman campaign. He and the Griffons got off to a slow start this season at 4-14 with 35 new players of the roster. Missouri Western had turned things around before the season was canceled as they won four of their last five, which included a three-game MIAA sweep of Rogers State in their final series. Cummings appeared in just six games this spring as he finished 1-for-2 with one RBI in the games in played in.
Cummings in back home in Platte City as he's turned his focus now on preparing for the 2020 football season. Missouri Western will have nine of their 11 starters back on defense and expectations are extremely high after their nine-win season last a year ago